Top 10 films of 2010
Here is my list of favourite films from 2010 - these my personal choices, based on how much I enjoyed viewings and re-viewings of films this year; this list is not based on how good a film was from one showing (for example, ‘Toy Story 3’ has better visuals and production value than ‘Despicable Me’, by I enjoyed ‘Despicable Me’ as a whole a lot more so it makes my list).
Number 10 -The Book of Eli
Post-apocalypse cannibal-slaying fun with a message and great visuals
Number 9 - The Crazies
Re-make of a not-so-good zombie flick with a twist on the classic ‘zombie’ character creation
Number 8 - Kick-Ass
Bloody good fun with real-life superheros
Number 7 - The A Team
Doing justice to the characters and bringing balls-to-the-wall action that the TV series never quite managed
Number 6 - Machete
Over the top, violent, riotous, funny, charming… Robert Rodriguez makes films that are just fantastic
Number 5 - Four Lions
4 bumbling would-be terrorists make for a very unconventional topic for humour, but it works a treat
Number 4 -The Social Network
Great acting and a based-on-reality plot make for an interesting watch in this tale of friends becoming enemies and the quest for money and power
Number 3 -Despicable Me
The only CGI animation film on my list, this was one of the few films I returned to the cinema to see 3 times this year. Brilliant, charming, sweet and funny, DM is perhaps the most consistently-funny films of recent times.
Number 2 -Inception
Mind-blowing interwoven complex story and characters, fantastic visuals, pithy dialogue and splendid acting; it was very hard to choose between this and Scott Pilgrim for the number 1 slot this year, very hard indeed,
Number 1 - Scott Pilgrim vs The World
It may lack some of the finesse of Inception, but this film is crafted so well in its own right too. There’s not enough time for me to say all I want about this film, but that fact that I saw it 4 times at the cinema and then twice on the day of the BluRay release puts if firmly as my favourite film of the year!
